How to Use proofread in a Sentence

proofread

verb
  • He proofread the essay carefully.
  • The more people who can proofread his connectomes, the faster his maps will grow.
    Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
  • Others, like proofreading, are best left to do later in the process.
    Ryan Korstange, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Be sure to proofread your work in order to prevent errors.
    Magi Helena, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Election officials aim to proofread and send the ballot to the printer by the end of the next week, and the city should start to receive them the following week.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2021
  • China says still needs to be proofread, still needs to be translated.
    CBS News, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Share your screen and proofread each other’s term papers.
    Mark Antonio Wright, National Review, 22 May 2021
  • Even a second or third editor proofreading the excerpt should have picked up on this and raised a red flag.
    Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Even copywriters may use screen readers to read their copy aloud and proofread for mistakes.
    Erica Gunn, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • The center is looking for one or two volunteers who would not mind looking over text to proofread.
    Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The officer then handed him a five-page college paper to proofread.
    Erica L. Green, New York Times, 8 July 2019
  • During this backward spin, proofread all correspondences and triple-check the fine print.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The drafts for these notes go to our amazing research team who meticulously proofread and fact-check everything.
    Sarah Connell, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • Resist the temptation to ask your partner to proofread that work email tonight, Cap, and connect with them on something other than what happened at the office.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Resist the temptation to ask your partner to proofread that work email tonight, Cap, and connect with them on something other than what happened at the office.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 31 July 2020
  • Much of that has to do with him pledging allegiance to the same party that would elect a real estate charlatan who can't even be trusted to proofread his own tweets.
    Michael Arceneaux, Essence.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Warren proofread the handbook and gave her feedback: Its language needed to be more inclusive and frame the issue more broadly.
    USA Today, 20 June 2019
  • Make sure your email address sends a professional image, and proofread the resume for errors.
    Kimberly Thompson, Houston Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Gathering around a computer screen, the editors, the reporters, and the tech guy proofread the final copy-ready version of the Weinstein exposé.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
  • In the room were three linguists on each language team, two translating and a third proofreading a message sent by the emergency management team in the other room.
    Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 7 July 2019
  • For those who insist on doing returns by hand, there's no substitute to proofreading to ensure your math is correct.
    Dan Caplinger, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Some do hire professionals, on a freelance basis, while others rely on the help of friends and family to share design tips or proofread pages.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
  • One purpose of this mechanism is error correction, which allows the production of longer, proofread pieces of RNA.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Several times last year, Chase also asked her clerk to proofread and rewrite her personal emails before sending them.
    Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • This is often because the machinery lacks a proofreading mechanism that scans that copied genome for mistakes, but even the viruses that can proofread make mistakes.
    John Yin, Scientific American, 29 July 2022
  • One of these advantageous proteins is an enzyme called exonuclease (ExoN), which helps the virus proofread and correct copies as they are made.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 23 June 2020
  • Mistakes can be deadly, so cells have error-correction systems that proofread and edit in real time.
    Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2021
  • From March 22 to April 15, Mercury's backward spin may cause misunderstanding and confusion, so proofread your emails and scrutinize the fine print.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Feb. 2018
  • From scheduling his events to proofreading his work to selling his books, Jamie does a little of everything as her husband's manager.
    Michelle Matthews, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • With the exception of meals, Larry spent most of the cruise holed up in his cabin, proofreading the Camel Book, emerging for special events in fluorescent tuxedos snatched up at a going-out-of-business sale.
    Steve Silberman, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2000

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